Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Served by the Department of Veterans Affairs Results From the Veterans Health Study
Lewis E. Kazis,Donald R. Miller,Jack A. Clark,Katherine M. Skinner,Austin Lee,William H. Rogers,Avron Spiro,Susan M. C. Payne,Graeme Fincke,Alfredo J. Selim,Mark Linzer +10 more
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The VA outpatients have substantially worse health status than non-VA populations and the Department of Veterans Affairs should focus on the provision of mental health services for its younger veteran.Citations
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The Association of Bone Marrow Lesions with Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis
David T. Felson,Christine E. Chaisson,Christopher Hill,Saara Totterman,M. Elon Gale,Katherine M. Skinner,Lewis E. Kazis,Daniel Gale +7 more
TL;DR: This data suggests that in some patients, pain originates from extraarticular, noncapsular sources, one of the most likely of which is bone, and suggests that for these patients, anti-inflammatory treatments targeted at synovitis or intra-articular drainage to relieve capsular distention would be ineffective.
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Trends and risk factors for mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs health care, 2002-2008
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Effect of the Transformation of the Veterans Affairs Health Care System on the Quality of Care
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